People

William J. Donovan

"Wild Bill" Donovan, founder and head of the OSS.

Ties

ToRoleYearsVerdictSource
Order of Maltaalleged KnightUnprovenlikely confused with the St. Sylvester honor
OSSfounder and director1942–1945Documented · occurreden.wikipedia.org
Holy SeeGrand Cross, Order of St. Sylvester (Pius XII)1944Documented · occurreden.wikipedia.org
World Commerce Corporationco-founder (as British American Canadian Corp.)1945–Documented · occurredTime, 6 Oct 1947

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FromRoleYearsVerdictSource
Donovan moved OSS files to Rockefeller Center and Dulles then co-founded the World Commerce Corporation with MI6 staff incl. Ian FlemingnamedStructural
Ian Fleming was a founding WCC member, Dulles adviser and Jamaica neighbour of Donovan and StephensonnamedStructural
Paul Helliwell took the KMT opium-funding model to Donovan, Dulles and Stephenson and founded Castle BanknamedStructural
Reinhard Gehlen was recruited by Donovan and Dulles and was a Knight of Malta, as were Donovan, McCone and ColbynamedStructural
The World Commerce Corporation was led by Donovan, Dulles, Stephenson, Hambro and Rockefeller, sharing BSC's addressnamedStructural
Wild Bill Donovan was US ambassador to Thailand from 1953namedStructural

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